(20327) Fernandotinaut Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Fernando Tinaut Ruano (b. 1996) is a Spanish researcher at the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (Nice, France). His research focuses in the compositional characterization of the primitive asteroids and the moons of the giant planets, using both ground and space-based telescopes, in particular ESA’s Gaia mission.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #11, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fernandotinaut is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fernandotinaut is 3.32 au from the Sun and 4.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 20327 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HQ39 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.99 km (#6,588 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0840 |
| Rotation period | 4.39 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 5.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.180 |
| Inclination | 2.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.60 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Fernando
All asteroids named after someone called Fernando
Also discovered on 20 April 1998
- (9461) Cotingkeh
- (9463) Criscione
- (11706) Rijeka
- (11710) Nataliehale
- (12086) Joshualevine
- (12087) Tiffanylin
- (12088) Macalintal
- (12089) Maichin
- (12514) Schommer
- (12516) Karenyoung
- (12855) Tewksbury
- (16944) Wangler
More named asteroids discovered by LINEAR
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- (8744) Cilla
- (8745) Delaney
- (8954) Baral
- (9126) Samcoulson
- (9243) Alag
- (9454) Ardeishar
- (9458) Beaumont
- (9459) Gracecai
- (9461) Cotingkeh
- (9463) Criscione
- (9465) Fergusonsam
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